Original bank building est. 1905 Occupied by bank until 1917 When the new office was built later known as Alapaha Post Office Building Renovated and dedicated by Bank of Alapaha 2016 — — Map (db m191175) HM
Following the United States' entry into World War I (1917-1918), more than 100,000 Georgians were involved in the war effort, with the state suffering over 1,000 casualties. The rural community of Berrien County experienced an extraordinary high . . . — — Map (db m175073) HM
Berrien County, created by Act of Feb. 25, 1856, was named for John MacPherson Berrien, the American Cicero, who was born Aug. 23, 1781 and died Jan. 1, 1856. He was Judge of the Eastern Circuit, U.S. Senator and U.S. Attorney General. The county . . . — — Map (db m40122) HM
Dedicated to the honor and in memory
of the patriotic men and women from
Berrien County who gallantly served
their country during World War II.
Without their bravery, we would not
have maintained a nation created by
God with freedom and . . . — — Map (db m267222) WM
Flat Creek Mills was a trading post and election precinct many years before the present Berrien County was created in 1856. Officers of the new county were sworn in here, and there being no court house, the first Inferior Court was held here in the . . . — — Map (db m50534) HM
has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior on January 30, 1995 — — Map (db m164639) HM
In the summer of 1836, a company of militia under Capt. Levi J. Knight of near Ray City was sent to protect the settlers from marauding Indians on their way to join the Seminoles in Florida. When a party of Indians plundered the plantation of . . . — — Map (db m40123) HM
(center panel)
In memory of the Korean War Veterans from Berrien County
(left panel)
Baldree,Thomas
Bennett, Joseph
Bennett, Kenneth
Blanton, Charlie
Blanton, Talmadge
Blount, Henry
Boyd, Robert . . . — — Map (db m267224) WM
The Old Coffee Road, earliest vehicular and postal route of this section, running southwestward from the Ocmulgee River to the Florida Line, passed through todays Lax, Nashville, Cecil, Barwick and Thomasville. The thoroughfare was opened by . . . — — Map (db m40124) HM
[east]This monument is erected in honor and memory of all Confederate soldiers who defended our constitutional freedoms. [north]C.S.A. President Jefferson Davis C.S.A. Vice-President Alexander H. Stephens Georgia Governor Joseph E. . . . — — Map (db m164797) WM
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Dedicated to the men that served in the Southeast Asian War, and to all servicemen that supported their fight for freedom.
James E Jones
USA SMAJ
Laos 10-03-66
5th Special Forces
Prisoner Of War . . . — — Map (db m267220) WM
